Comparative analysis of bacterial communities in a potato field as determined by pyrosequencing.

BACKGROUND: Plants selectively attract particular soil microorganisms, in particular consumers of root-excreted compounds. It is unclear to what extent cultivar type and/or growth stage affect this process. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: DNA-based pyrosequencing was used to characterize the structu...

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Main Authors: Özgül Inceoğlu, Waleed Abu Al-Soud, Joana Falcão Salles, Alexander V Semenov, Jan Dirk van Elsas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3158761?pdf=render